Load-binder.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

S. GIBSON.

LOAD BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED APE.25.1Q06.

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LOAD-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 1906. Serial No. 313,690.

Be it known thati, SUMMERS Grnsorv, a citizen of the United States, residing atEdray, in the county of Pocahontas and State of" West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Load-Binder, of which thefollowing isa specification. 1

This invention relatesto devices employed" for binding loads upon vehicles, more particularly to loads of lumber and similar products, and has for its'object to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the invention is I better understood, the invention consists in certaln novel features of constructlon, as here 13 is surrounded between the yokel i and the" inaft'er fully described and claimed. 1

In the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment ofthe invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the improved device applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, enlarged. of the improved device. Fig. 3' is a detail view of a portion.of the de-, vice, illustrating a slightly-different construction of one of the members. l

The improved device comprises an oblongframe 10, having a hook 11 at one end andfa guidewayat 12 in the other end, through which a rod 13 is slidably disposed. A yoke .14 is slidiibly disposed-upon theside members of the frame 10 and provided with a centi'al aperture 'through which the rod 13 extends and secured therein, .as by keyi5. The rod inner end of the frame '10 with asp'ring 16. The other terminal of the rod 13 is pivoted at 17 to a handle-lever 18 intermediate the lee ver, and the lever is pivoted in turn at 19 to the spaced ends of a substantially U-shaped frame 20, the U-shaped frame having a socket (indicated at 21) throughwhich .a rod 22 passes. Slidably disposed upon-the side members of the frame 20 is a yoke23, similar to the yoke 14, and through the center of which the rod 22 passes and is secured therein by a key 24. A'spring 25 surrounds the rod 22' between the yoke23 and the outer end of the frame 20. A hook 26 is arranged to swingjlu on the free endof the rod 22 and preferab y swiveled, as at 29. The lever.- arm 18 may be straight, as "shown in Fig. 8, or curved, as shown in Fig. 2, and when moved into closed position the pivot 17 will extend to one side of the center line of thepivotlt),

I and thus lock the two flames 1 0 and 20 in closed position, as hereinafter explained.

The hookll is of the quarter-twist form and adapted to be engaged by one of the linksof a chain 2-7, which is passed around the article to' be b'ound'for instance, a load of lumber, (indicated at 28.)

Inusing the device the chain 27 is passed around the .load and connected by one of its links to the hook 26 and by another of its links to the hook 11, the lever-arm 18 being first thrown into its open position and the chain stretched as tightly as possible around the load. Then by moving the lever-arm 18 into its closed position the two frames 10 and 20 will be forcibly drawn toward each other and impart a strain to the chain, and thus tightly bind the load, the springs 16 25 yielding under the strain; "By this simple means the chain can be very tightly drawn around the ,load and firmly bind it in position and effectually prevent displacement under the jars and concussions to-which it will be subjected while-being transported upon the wagon or other vehicle.

All the parts of the device are of metal of suitable strength. The device is. simple in construction, can be inexpensively manu' factured, and operates effectually for the purposes described.

. -Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is A device of the class described comprising a rectangular frame having a guide-aperture at one end and with means at the other end for detachable connection to a flexible. element, a yoke slidable within saidrectangular frame, a rod extendin throughsaid guideerture of-said U-shaped frame and connected at one end to the yoke which is slidable therein and with means at the other end for connection to a flexible element, a spring between said U-shaped frame and the yoke slidable therein and operating to mainta n the rod associated therewith yieldably in position, and a lever pivoted at one end to the free end of said U-shaped frame and likewise pivoted intermediate its ends to the free end of the rod associated with the rectangular frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature :0

A. R GAY,

HENRY E. BRIGHT. 

